Of Walking Abortion tab by Manic Street Preachers

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Band: Manic Street Preachers
Title: Of Walking Abortion
Album: The Holy Bible
Tabbed by: grieve

Thanks to Ian and Dave Watson

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Intro
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Riff 4 and then a hard bend on E MajorE|-5-| do this a couple of times until
you start playing Riff 5.

Riff 1:           Riff 2:
=======           =======
D MajorD|---------5-4----|     D MajorD|-----------5-4----------|
A augmentedA|---7-5-7-----5--|     A augmentedA|-----7-5-7-----5--------|
E MajorE|-5------------5-|     E MajorE|-5-6-------------6-(7)--|

Riff 3:           Riff 4:
=======           =======
D MajorD|-----------------------| D MajorD|-----------------------|
A augmentedA|--3/153/153/153/15--| A augmentedA|--1/131/131/131/13--|
E MajorE|-----------------------| E MajorE|-----------------------|

Riff 5:
=======
e|----5-X-X--5-X-X-|-6-X-X--6-X-X--6BEND|
BB|----5-X-X--5-X-X-|-6-X-X--6-X-X--6BEND|


Verse
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Riff 1       Riff 2
Life is dead weights pendulum died
Riff 1     Riff 2
Pure or lost, spectator or crucified
Riff 1      Riff 2
Recognised truth, acedia's blackest hole
Riff 1         Riff 2
Junkies, winos, whores, this nations moral suicide

Bridge
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C5C5      Bb5Bb5
Riff 3    Riff 4
Loser, liar, fake-tan phoney, no-one cares

C5C5         Bb5Bb5           A5A5
Riff 3       Riff 4
Everyone is guilty, fucked-up,dunno why you poor little boy

Chorus
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  Eb5Eb5   D5D5 C#5C#5   C5C5
We are all of walking abortion
  Eb5Eb5   D5D5   C#5C#5     C5C5
Shalom, shalom, we all love our children
  Eb5Eb5   D5D5 C#5C#5   C5C5
We are all of walking abortion
  Eb5Eb5   D5D5     C#5C#5    C5C5
Shalom, shalom, there are no horizons

Verse
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Riff 1       Riff 2
Mussolini hangs from a butcher's hook
Riff 1     Riff 2
Hitler reprised in the worm of your soul
Riff 1        Riff 2
Horthy's corpse screened to a million
Riff 1      Riff 2
Tisu, revived, the horror of a bullfight

Bridge
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C5C5           Bb5Bb5
Riff 3         Riff 4
Fragments of uniforms, open black ruins, a moral conscience

C5C5            Bb5Bb5             A5A5
Riff 3          Riff 4
You've no wounds to show, so wash your car in your 'X' Baseball shoes


Chorus
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Eb5Eb5   D5D5 C#5C#5   C5C5
We are all of walking abortion
  Eb5Eb5   D5D5   C#5C#5     C5C5
Shalom, shalom, we all love our children
  Eb5Eb5   D5D5 C#5C#5   C5C5
We are all of walking abortion
  Eb5Eb5   D5D5     C#5C#5    C5C5
Shalom, shalom, there are no horizons


Outro
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Riff 6       Riff 7
e------------------|---5--6--0--3---|
B------------------|---5--6--0--3---|
G------------------|----------------|
D------------------|----------------|
A---0--0--1--------|----------------|
E------------0--3--|----------------|

Riff 6      Riff 6
Little people in little houses
Riff 6         Riff 6
Like maggots, small blind and worthless
   Riff 6    Riff 6
The massacred innocent blood stains us all
Riff 7       Riff 7
Who's responsible - you fucking are
Riff 7       Riff 7
Who's responsible - you fucking are
Riff 7       Riff 7
Who's responsible - you fucking are

Who's responsible - you fucking are

Who's responsible

end on the "A5" at the last line

CHORDS        EADGBE
A5A5         = x022xx
Bb5Bb5        = x133xx
C5C5         = x355xx
C#5C#5        = x466xx
D5D5         = x577xx
Eb5Eb5        = x688xx
Slide Down     = /
Slide Up      =
Bend note to pitch = (7)